Kellie Schueler makes her college choice: It's Stanford

Got a text message today from Summit track coach Dave Turnbull. Kellie Schueler has given Stanford a verbal commitment. It's really not a big surprise given her academic achievements and her long-standing interest in the Cardinal.

Schueler is the fastest female sprinter in Oregon since the great Margaret Bailes Johnson in the late 1960s. She also placed fifth in the Class 5A cross country meet last year.

It's not hard to imagine a senior year at Summit in 2010 in which she takes a serious stab at the national high school record in the 800 meters. That's the event that could make her a star at Stanford, and beyond, some day.

Schueler has straight-A grades and relatives in the Bay Area. She's been focused on Stanford for a long time.